CEP & SECURITY 

Centre for European Perspective understands peace and security as one of the main prerequisites for development, democracy and rule of law.

Our work covers law enforcement capacity building (assistance to the Western Balkan and other countries in strengthening rule of law, security and law enforcement institutions; financial investigations; fight against organized crime, corruption) & civilian crisis management under the auspices of the Peace & Security Programme.

The Peace & Security Programme

For more about each project click on the project title.

EUCTI – European Union’s Civilian Training Initiative 

EUCTI aims to improve the life of people living in the conflict-affected societies by enhancing the quality of training provided to individuals joining the crisis management missions – either civilian crisis management missions or missions consisting of civilian, police and military elements (integrated missions).

EUCTG – EU Civilian Training Group 

EU Civilian Training Group (EUCTG) was established as a configuration of Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) for the systematic process of managing CSDP training requirements for CSDP civilian training. The CIVCOM is composed of representatives of EU member states, while the EUCTG needs support from the National Training Experts (NTE) and the EU Civilian Coordination for Training (CCT).

CEP has volunteered as EU Civilian Coordinator for Training (CCT) for two topics, namely:

  • Communication, behavioural and cultural skills
  • Mentoring, monitoring and advising (MMA) – as support to the Italian Carabinieri

EUPCST – European Union Police and Civilian Services Training

EUPCST is a three-year project (2019 – 2022) which aims at enabling staff in civilian crisis management and stabilization actions to work in a more efficient, effective, and sustainable manner in order to achieve their mandates.

POTC – Peace Operations Training Centre

 

POTC – Peace Operations Training Centre will be implementing certified trainings and education for military, police officers, civilian personnel of the ministries and other civilian experts that can be deployed to peacekeeping operations and missions within the UN, EU, NATO and OSCE. 

 

Gender Mainstreaming Training Delivered in Cooperation with ESDC

POTC’s gender mainstreaming 5-day training programme was successfully delivered. The training took place at Jable Castle in Slovenia. A total of 19 participants took part, and 8 lecturers/trainers delivered the training programme. The training was delivered in...

Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course in Kenya Comes to a Conclusion

The 10-day Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course (CPOC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, has concluded. Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The training was the result of a collaboration between POTC, the International Peace Support Training Centre...

POTC po štirih letih sodelovanja z ukrajinskimi varnostnimi organi prvič na ukrajinskih tleh

Usposabljanje z naslovom »Podnebne spremembe in obvladovanje tveganj nesreč« je namenjeno pripadnikom ukrajinske civilne zaščite in strokovnjakom s področja preventive ter pripravljenosti na naravne nesreče. Čeprav je v vojnem času obseg nalog ukrajinske civilne...

Training on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in Ukraine

At the beginning of February, POTC will travel to Ukraine to deliver two additional training activities on climate change and disaster risk management. Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The two training sessions, attended by experts from the State...

Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course – 2-13 February, 2026

COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS COURSE (CPoC), NAIROBI, KENYA Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course (CPOC) will be conducted in cooperation between the Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC), the...

First set of workshops in Montenegro successfully concluded

Our programme in Montenegro has come to a close after intensive workshops with police units and prosecutors across the country. Sessions were held in Bijelo Polje, followed by workshops in Podgorica for the central and southern regions. Yesterday, we also held a...

A Comprehensive Approach to Gender in Operations – 23-27 February 2026, Slovenia

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS CLOSED Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. POTC's Gender in Operations 5-day training programme will be delivered in cooperation between the Peace Operations Training Center and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)....

Upcoming workshops in Montenegro: Strengthening capacities for financial investigations

Next week, the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) is launching the first set of workshops in Montenegro as part of the project “Strengthening the capacities for financial investigations in Montenegro.” The workshops will take place on 26 November in Bijelo Polje...

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